Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease

Kalay Yıldızhan, İncilay; BOYVAT, AYSE

doi:10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380

Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease

İncilay KALAY YILDIZHAN, (Ankara Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dermatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Ayse BOYVAT (Ankara Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dermatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Archives of Rheumatology

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Yıl: 2020 Cilt: 35 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 29 - 34 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380 İndeks Tarihi: 10-10-2020

Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease

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Objectives: This study aims to compare the sensitivity of the intradermal application of the pathergy test with the “three-step pathergy test”.Patients and methods: The study included 60 patients with Behçet's disease (BD) (23 males, 37 females; mean age 33.9±9.7 years; range, 11 to 57 years)and 100 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis as the control group (39 males, 61 females; mean age 32.4±12.1 years; range, 11 to 66 years).Simultaneous intradermal pathergy test and three-step pathergy test were applied to each patient.Results: Twenty-six patients (43.3%) with BD had positive three-step pathergy test and 18 (30%) of them had positive intradermal pathergy test.A statistically significant relationship was found between the three-step pathergy test positivity and male sex while no relationship was detectedbetween the disease activity and the positivity of the pathergy test. In the three-step pathergy test, pathergy positivity with intramuscular methodwas statistically significantly higher than with intravenous method.Conclusion: The three-step pathergy test in patients with BD was found to have higher sensitivity compared with the intradermal pathergy test.The intramuscularly applied pathergy test was the main cause of increase in sensitivity. Further studies are needed to develop new applications ofpathergy test that would increase the sensitivity and which are also easy to apply.

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APA	Kalay Yıldızhan İ, BOYVAT A (2020). Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. , 29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
Chicago	Kalay Yıldızhan İncilay,BOYVAT AYSE Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. (2020): 29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
MLA	Kalay Yıldızhan İncilay,BOYVAT AYSE Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. , 2020, ss.29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
AMA	Kalay Yıldızhan İ,BOYVAT A Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. . 2020; 29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
Vancouver	Kalay Yıldızhan İ,BOYVAT A Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. . 2020; 29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
IEEE	Kalay Yıldızhan İ,BOYVAT A "Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease." , ss.29 - 34, 2020. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
ISNAD	Kalay Yıldızhan, İncilay - BOYVAT, AYSE. "Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease". (2020), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380

APA	Kalay Yıldızhan İ, BOYVAT A (2020). Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. Archives of Rheumatology, 35(1), 29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
Chicago	Kalay Yıldızhan İncilay,BOYVAT AYSE Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. Archives of Rheumatology 35, no.1 (2020): 29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
MLA	Kalay Yıldızhan İncilay,BOYVAT AYSE Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. Archives of Rheumatology, vol.35, no.1, 2020, ss.29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
AMA	Kalay Yıldızhan İ,BOYVAT A Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. Archives of Rheumatology. 2020; 35(1): 29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
Vancouver	Kalay Yıldızhan İ,BOYVAT A Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease. Archives of Rheumatology. 2020; 35(1): 29 - 34. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
IEEE	Kalay Yıldızhan İ,BOYVAT A "Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease." Archives of Rheumatology, 35, ss.29 - 34, 2020. 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380
ISNAD	Kalay Yıldızhan, İncilay - BOYVAT, AYSE. "Diagnostic Sensitivity of Different Applications of Pathergy Test for Behçet’s Disease". Archives of Rheumatology 35/1 (2020), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7380